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- Nippon Telegraph Telephone West Corp. has teamed up with Tokio Marine Fire Insurance Co. to launch a computer security service that compensates clients for system damages if computer viruses are able to penetrate their defenses. The service will be the first to remunerate customers for system damages after improving their security. With the service, NTT West uses the Internet to diagnose the security defects of their clients' servers and then provides countermeasures. When a client suffers damage after following the recommendations for improving the security, the service will cover the expense of continuing operations by up to 10 million yen $90,565 and the cost...